Born in Shanghai

Shanghai is the most populous urban area in China and the third largest city in the world. Try to name these famous people who are born in Shanghai.

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Diplomat and philosopher, he is widely recognized as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and the Chinese New Culture Movement

1891

Hu Shih

One of the most influential leaders of China during the 1980s and 1990s regarded as the second-most powerful person after Deng Xiaoping

1905

Chen Yun

Irish director, "Dr. No" "From Russia with Love" "Thunderball"

1915

Terence Young

Swiss-American Nobel Prize winning biochemist, at the time of his death at age 101 in 2021, he was the oldest living Nobel Prize laureate

1920

Edmond H. Fischer

Writer, "Lust" "Caution Love in a Fallen City"

1920

Eileen Chang

Chinese-American Nobel Prize winning physicist for his work on the viaolation of the parity law in weak interactions

1926

Tsung-Dao Lee

Premier of China from 1987 to 1998

1928

Li Peng

British writer, "Empire of the Sun" "Crash" "The Drowned World"

1930

J.G. Ballard

Engineer and physicist who pioneered the development of fiber optics in telecommunications and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

1933

Charles K. Kao

Chinese-American scientist and first person of Chinese origin to go into space

1940

Taylor Wang

Taiwanese director, "Yi Yi" "A Brighter Summer Day" "Mahjong"

1947

Edward Yang

Director, "Chungking Express" "In the Mood for Love" "Fallen Angels"

1958

Wong Kar-wai

Chinese-American actress, "The Last Emperor" "Twin Peaks"

1961

Joan Chen

Actor and director, his films "Lost in Thailand" and "Lost in Hong Kong" are two of the highest-grossing films in China

1972

Xu Zheng

Former footballer and winner of the FIFA Female Player of the Century award

1973

Sun Wen

Retired table tennis player, winner of four Olympic medals and winner of three World Championships

1978

Wang Liqin

Hall of Fame center who played for the Houston Rockets

1980

Yao Ming

Retired diver, five-time Olympic champion and eight-time world champion

1985

Wu Minxia

Chess grandmaster and current Women' World Chess Champion

1991

Ju Wenjun

Formula One driver who drives for Alfa Romeo and is the first Chinese driver in the Formula One

1999

Zhou Guanyu

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